My Life As A Dragonfly WIP2 (fixed)

I produced these tracks in 2008, they're probably the first 2 tracks I made that I really liked.
Ghost Fading was supposed to have a vocal line, but I struggled to find somebody to sing it.

Lyrics:

Know it all too well, caught up in this loneliness
Always brings me down right when I'm happiest
I'm not afraid of anything
Not afraid of anything
But I shake at thoughts of sitting here evermore
I am not strong enough, not nearly strong enough
I am not strong enough
I never could be

I've had to change to see a better side
I see those bright lights that sparkle in your eyes
You worked to show me how to persist
So now I can't waste this chance or dismiss
The person I could be, without complacency
If anyone knows me, I think you know me
So many questions echo in my head
But I'm not alone, I can come back from the dead

I've been so unprepared
I've watched life marking out these scars on me
And it's has been hell out here to tell the truth
I can't feel anyone but you

Ghost Fading (Back from the Dead)

I produced these tracks in 2008, they're probably the first 2 tracks I made that I really liked.

This track actually split into 2 tracks, Whiskey Alpha Zero and Whiskey Alpha Ten. The other had a far more aggressive and raw sound, but eventually I decided I had to pick a path to continue working on, so I scrapped the other version to focus on this one.

The vocals were never recorded for this track, but the lyrics are below:

Erosion is slowly wearing this mountain down
Every raindrop makes it’s mark until-

It happens so slowly
Takes years and years
But it happens
Use your eyes
It’s not what it was
Not what it could've been

We move forward at such speeds
Burning out
When there are miles left to go
So keep pace with my steps
That’s all this was ever about

I've barely scratched the itch
And never felt like this before
I've barely scratched the itch
And never felt much less than this

Now when I speak to you
I’ll never really talk again
And I won’t let you in
I never asked for much, but
You’re not the promises you made

Now when I look to you
My eyes won't light up, not again
And I won’t let you in
Did I ask the world of you?
You’re not the promises you made

Why Does This Turn Me On? (Whiskey Alpha Zero // keep the car running // nobody gets a refund)

My Life as a Dragonfly WIP1

Falling face first for the last time
I can’t stand straight when you walk through my door
My body feels like it’s newborn again
Ready to learn how to control this heartbeat

Watching stars blink in the night sky
I mapped our new constellations for you
You’ll never tell them apart from the rest
Thousands of stars and you still shine the brightest


I’m dying to tell you,
I’m ready to give you everything
Romance
Like dinner under the stars
Did you want that?
Or is your heart set on earthtones
Making a home, kids in tow
Could you watch them grow?


Reading old notebooks from years gone
Trying to find moments before you came
I can’t think what I did without you here
My life began when I knew it’s all for you


I’m dying to explain
I’m ready to give you anything
Romance
Like leaving this all behind
Wherever we go could be our next home
Or earthtones
Nights in, alone
Under blankets

I’m finally ready
I just want to give you everything
Romance
Like dinner under the stars
Did you want that?
Or is your heart set on earthtones
Settle in with kids in tow
Could you watch them grow?

And would you be my home?


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